Madden NFL has traditionally be released within the first half of August but that will not be the case this year. EA Sports, the video game company that is in charge of the madden series, announced a few minutes ago that the Madden 12 release date will be pushed back to August 30th, 2011. Last year’s madden 11 video game was released on August 10th.
According to EA Sports Senior PR Representative Rob Sempsey, EA moved back the release date to align better with the scheduled start of the NFL season. Others speculate that it has to do with high level executives leaving EA Sport’s Tiburon studio. Either way this will likely have a significant impact on sales. The hardcore madden gamers will be outraged while casual NFL fans may be more likely to buy madden 12 because of the move.
The NCAA Football 12 release date has not yet been changed from July 12th, 2011 yet but we will let you know of any developments.
Let us know your opinion on the madden nfl 12 release date in the comment section or on our madden 12 forum.
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King Aice917
I hate the move and like the move. It gives football fans period to enjoy college for almost two months without any comp. Im just a big football fan, but dont get me wrong because im ready to see the new things in madden. "CAN'T WAIT"
Logan
hey please add some stuff to super star put back the mesaging, and the interviews,and drills and make a live draft please take up on it. That would only make your game better please because I love superstar.
dave
please add new logos to the created team mode and update the stadium peices for the created team too
will
make superstar mode 4 wii it would make it better 4 wii owners
curtis
hey I'm new to madden but loved 2011 demo, I was wondering whether to get 2011 or wait for 2012?
wall
wait for 2012
chris
wait on madden 12 im top 15 in the world in madden 10 and 11 my 11 stopped working 2 days ago and im waiting on 12 because the whole madden community will move with u to 12 and get a fast start is key
Scott
agreed.
paul
I would like to see ea games add create a coach to madden
James WIlliams
The move will hurt sales. I feel that the release date was pushed back due to the lock out. EA Sports has to update roster moves because their has been no free agency. You could have rookie hold outs etc. EA Sports has the body work done, they now have to put the right players on the correct teams. And oh, if The Bengals Carson Palmer retires, he should be deleted from the game.
patrick barney
I doubt the push back is gonna hurt sales. People who buy it every year are still gonna buy it.
Fixed
I hope all the buggy garbage is fixed, i dont want to see o-linemen chest bumping after getting stuffed on 3rd down. you and your monopoly madden!!!
Str8upSkinz
Madden monopoly is just about up with the NFL-EA deal about to expire… Bring on NFL 2K13!!!! I'm tired of Madden screwing up the game with non-game essentials and catering to "casual" gamers. Madden "was" the most true to the game and reallistic game on the planet. Maybe they could just make a sepperate game for toddlers and give the big kids a real game again.
patrick barney
I concur, with no other nfl game being made EA has really slacked off the past few years knowing that they don’t have to try very hard. Even with other games i’ll probably still buy Madden cause the last non-Madden football game I bought was Gameday something or other. & it got real boring cause I just did fantasy draft & used my top 4 picks on running backs so I had a top guy for every quarter. Ran the exact same play every down in 15 min quarters on the highest skill level & still had 4 100 yard rushers every game (barring an injury)
yold
please upgrade the superstar and dont just make the ps3 and x box better please make the ps2 better too cause thats what i have i have madden 10 11 and 7 i used to have 8 and 9 but i sold them but think of older things too!
claymo
I didn’t play 2011 for that long because I realized it was almost impossible to run the ball online unless you go no huddle I got tired of everyone you play passes the ball 40 times. Please make this game more realistic and five Devin hester the elusiveness he deserves and peppers couldn’t do squat in that game. Five him his respect he deserves
dub
its not hard to run the ball sumtimes it is when competition is up but Turn it up just because u get stopped sum dont mean its imposible im top 15 madden player ALL TIME ill run it for 150 yrds a gm
blow me
your not a top 15 madden player all time so stop with your horse bull $hit @$$ comments your a loser…..the game is hella hard to run against people online and that is all there is too the situation
umiachamp
claymo what do u mean u cant run the ball on line its easy if ur any good i rush for over a 115 yards per game with darren mcfadden and ive played the game ovewr 500 times
dickhead
the raiders r the biggest glitchin team dumbass look it up @madden.com thats y u can run with them,mcfadden is a bust
umiachamp
what i hate about madden games is the way people uses cheat codes to win games think about it ive seen some records on this game that r unreal whos gonna win 600 games in a row and have only 2 loses come on madden lets get ride of all cheat codes
patrick barney
My brother & I am greatly looking forward to the release as we are on the 16th season of our comob Madden 11 franchise & 99% of the real people are retired.
This years game better not have the same problems last years had with tackling!
true
it's all because there is no player's union right now to allow ea permission to the rights to use nfl players in the game. That's why they have to wait until the union restructures itself.
Diedahero
Add a better draft combine and the ability to be drafted higher than in the 3ed round. If I import a player from NCAA that was a 3 times Heisman and I dominate the combine why would I be drafted in the 5th round?
kyle
you are so true
jereau
gamers won’t be happy with the push back but no way it hurts sales, what else will we play game day or techmo bowl. Ncaa football only gets you so far. Gamers buy games that’s what you do.
hector
All i want fixed is that the defense can catch an interception when is thrown right at him.
fred
love the comment…isnt this the gosh darn truth
Rodney
I can’t wait till madden12 , is released.
Robert Miskovich
Please please please make the online franchise mode like the original franchise mode i.e. track all stats, season awards, downloadable draft class and actual draft. I don't understand why all those have been overlooked for 2 years.
kyle
i think Aj Green is going to be a beast on madden 12 so is Mark Ingram
Matt Kelso
I want all practice squads in franchise mode, so we can waive and pick up players that ordinarly you wouldn’t have excess to! Sound effects when a bone is broken would be a blast from the past also, and don’t forget Bout the late hits. It seam the newer the game the more the fun stuff is forgot about. I can’t wait to see what a beast PEYTON HILLIS is! Browns baby!!!
rick
also take out the lack of throwing accurracy just cuz ur winning big or ina rival game.ive had games i start well and then suddenly brees cant get a 5 yard crossing route withing 15 yards of the receiver no matter how easy or hard u tap the button.its ridiculous its an ai fix cuz the computer dont like gettin its butt whipped.and also the bs that i hold a team to 3 pts till 3 mins left in the 4th and suddenly their team becomes the 1988 49ers and montana is qb and rice is every wr and suddenly my 33-3 lead is 33-17 in a 90 sec span.and eliminate the jesus drives with less than 2 mins before half and before the end of the game.and yeah dropping 15 ints a game is ridiculous too,which that would be less of an issue if mine and the ai qb didnt just throw like retards so randomly.
packarechamps
I’m sorry, but you guys all sound like a bunch of
douche bags. Seriously, who cares this much? If you
don’t like the game and its flaws, then stop playing the
game. I just wanted 2 find out the release date,
and in my search I found your stupid comments.
Oh yeah, who won the Super Bowl again? That’s right,
The Green Bay Packers. Best quarterback, best linebacker,
Best WR corps, best TE, best FS, best DT, and maybe
the greatest CB over the last 10 years all in Green Bay.
Maybe u should play the game as the Packers and all
Ur lame little problems would go away. If your not
A GB fan, then I feel bad for you. Back 2 back here we come.
andy
shut up…you dont know anything.. we all have the right to comment and were trying to help them improve the team, not to hear ur nonsense about how we're douchebags for trying to help them? So how about you think next time before you comment? But thats just a thought, thanks
NeoNova
@packarechamps if u really only came here to find the release date, y did you even bother commenting? No one cares that Green Bay won the super bowl because a new year is under way. People have the right to suggest what they think the game should or shouldn't have.
Now to my real reason for this comment:
Ea guys you should find a way to put superstar on the Psp. That would be epic.
Roos
You guys must really suck at madden to have all these excuses, I agree with the running game is getting worse & the computer does cheat a lot but oh well , i still cant be stopped
The Guru
I'm a fucking beast at this game.
Tetoy
Yeah… I don’t play Madden like I used to, I stopped playing 2011 around 8 months ago, because I every time I played a friend of mine I would stop him on 1st, 2nd, & most 3rd down and for him to get a 1st down on 4th down… He would get it 9 out of 10 times. So I came out with my own solution leave the game alone, & I found better things to do with my FREE time. My 2 cents is the game is B.S most of the time.
twils
Please make an option to record games!!! At least one at a time…with the option to at least save one whole game.
crsport24
I can't wait until Madden '12 is going to be available to be the public so that I can go ahead and buy it for my Xbox 360 game system I mean I've been buying those Madden NFL Football games ever since the late 1990's and its just WAY TO BAD THAT THIS YEAR IS THE LAST YEAR THAT MADDEN WILL BE MADE BECAUSE OF JOHN MADDEN RETIRING AND ALL!
D'Angelo
what does overachieving slot reciever mean
Mike
I just want mini camps back in franchise mode so I can improve my young players ~~
greggman
Ok, what happened to putting the Super Bowl champ on the cover? Why not put Aaron Rodgers on the cover? Do you think you might put the jinx, curse on the Packers?